Chapter 1 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)»Helminthiases (B65-B83)»Filariasis (B74)

B74

Filariasis

Sub-codes (7)

B74.0 Filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti
1 indication for 10 drugs
B74.1 Filariasis due to Brugia malayi
B74.2 Filariasis due to Brugia timori
B74.3 Loiasis
1 indication for 7 drugs
B74.4 Mansonelliasis
B74.8 Other filariases
B74.9 Filariasis, unspecified

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Filariasis5 drugs (3 approved, 2 experimental)

Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.